Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Series 3 Was ABSOLUTE CHAOS!

[@darkwyngraym]

Made sure to let ads play out throughout. The whole thing was spectacular

[@GreyGaymer]

Finally getting to watch this, finished series 1 and 2 as well. Gravekeeper's and archetypes are what got me into Yugioh, it's neat to see what environment they were entering for sure!

[@JanjoZone]

Gravekeeper's are great! That's why I did a Side History video on them!

[@GreyGaymer]

@@JanjoZone Oh yeah! That was my exposure to your stuff! I remember that one! I'll need to give it a rewatch! Series 4... oh boy, good luck! I mean, at the very least, we're now doing Unified Release, so the history isn't AS hard, but with the OCG/TCG release gaps and all the other tomfoolery, it's gonna get weird.

[@ZackeroniAndCheese]

Amazing video. I loved the editing. You showed relevant deck lists, showed related cards and synergies, showed the pack art for new packs, and played the ocg ads as transitions. This was such a treat to watch

[@JanjoZone]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GoldStorm07]

It can be easy to misremember the early evolution of the game as a pretty gradual build up to what most competitive players would be more familiar with in the GX era and beyond, so it's always pretty sobering to look back and realize how volatile Duel Monsters could be. Series 2 and 3 both featured stark balance crashes that could have potentially killed the game, similar to what the Urza and Mirrodin blocks did to Magic the Gathering.

[@JanjoZone]

So wild!

[@vehicledestroyer]

Yea at least in the early days of ygo tho they actually used the banlist to balance the game instead of push product

[@yellowwall3471]

​@@JanjoZonehey man nice vid btw what are the names of all the yugioh music pieces you used in the vid.

[@JanjoZone]

@@yellowwall3471 mostly from Forbidden Memories!

[@yellowwall3471]

@@JanjoZone thanks man

[@lopezg8475]

I can't wait till you finish all these so we can have an 8+ hour video compilation

[@JanjoZone]

Oof

[@derrosenkavalier8890]

Outstanding video. I had no idea about the prevalence or even existence of Meanae Virus as a reaction to BLS/CED Chaos Control - basically what the banlists of late '04 through '05 did for the TCG, except it was partially player-driven in the OCG as opposed to the unfettered Chaos dominance of mid-late '04 over here (since we didn't get CCV until '07 and it wasn't widely available until GLD1 released the following year).The early metagame over there sure was *wild*.

[@JanjoZone]

Totally wild! Glad you learned something!

[@MultiJudgmentdragon]

And by widely available of course you mean a 350 dollar short printed card to about 1 in every 50 boxes :D

[@derrosenkavalier8890]

@@MultiJudgmentdragon lol, yeah. The notion that GLD1 CCV was affordable is revisionist. It was about as much as a PTDN DAD or LODT JD. Still better than a multi-thousand dollar SJC prize card that teams would internally trade each other.

[@MultiJudgmentdragon]

@@derrosenkavalier8890 I passed on 2 crush cards pulled in my locals as I didnt wanna rip off that much and couldnt afford that trade value, a nasty weasel part of the main elitist team there picked them both up from kids 1 for a prime material dragon the other for a promo ha des and jinzo and they used both of them for their own team to crush at locals and bigger events, somehow I dont miss that locals or any of those guys .....

[@derrosenkavalier8890]

@@MultiJudgmentdragon Yeah, stuff like this is why I've always been way more of a collector than player. I love spectating the metagame and learning about its history, but the actual IRL meta is garbage.

[@joaorcmelo]

I really wish some of the OCG extras from special pakcs had been available in the TCG too back then, we missed out on a lot

[@JanjoZone]

We'd eventually get them!

[@joaorcmelo]

@@JanjoZone some took too many years tho haha, my Mystical Refpanel was a seris 2 card and only came out in like 2010-11

[@JanjoZone]

@@joaorcmelo sadly yet perhaps for the best lol

[@joaorcmelo]

@@JanjoZone bahaha, nothing like using it to steal draw power from your opponents cards

[@brendonker]

The wait is over!

[@UTgohan]

Makes me miss a time when yugioh was great, make yugioh great again =(

[@nikolagochev9]

Amazing video, thank you for informating, telling and teaching us about the past and the history of the OCG, we know how it was in the TCG, but in the OGC it is a little bit different and it's interesting to hear it, so a big thank you to you! Also these Japanese commercials are so dope!

[@JanjoZone]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@spotsthecat7913]

Lol, imagine having CED, BLS, Magical Scientist, CCV and no banlist at the same time. Total chaos, truly an Invasion of Chaos 😂

[@JanjoZone]

Totally 😎

[@KILLNIGHTANIME]

Amazing video as always, can't wait for series 4 my man!

[@JanjoZone]

Thank you! Not sure when that'll happen, but I'm sure eventually lol

[@Shadowrulzalways]

Well the Yugioh OCG was always a complex game. I mean yes, New Rulers made it more complex, but remember the OCG is mainly for a teenage player base in Japan. I mean the OCG packs, decks and sets all say to this day “対象年齢12才以上” (Translation: “Target age 12 years and older”) That implies early to late teenage demographic. And even the earliest Konami released sets all said this since 1999 of it’s first publication. So Konami is clearly telling us this. And this game was meant to rival MTG. Hell, it was the inspiration for the Yugioh OCG’s creation and existence as Takahashi himself has confirmed.

[@JanjoZone]

Well the original game in the manga was called Magic & Wizards! The game is meant for kids, but as it expanded beyond cardass machines, they do need older people to buy it for they're the ones with money.

[@Shadowrulzalways]

@@JanjoZone The OCG or the Bandai one? Or are you referring to the in-universe portrayal of the game in the manga? Cuz I wouldn’t say the game irl is meant for kids. Because the OCG packs confirm the player demographic being early to late teens as I have just pointed out earlier. And they have since 1999 and still do to this day. And let’s not forget the inappropriate artworks with the Harpies, Soul Release, Ultimate Offerings and etc. So that’s something we can’t overlook. The only official Yugioh game that is meant for kids is the Yugioh Rush Duels card game. And Konami made that officially clear. So saying the OCG was “meant for kids” is a huge contradiction as Konami wouldn’t have put “Target age 12 years and older” on the back of every single pack, deck and set in the OCG as a target age range, if confirmed otherwise. It wouldn’t even make sense, marketing wise either. They literally put that on the very first set that came out and still continue to do so, to this day. So it’s pretty obvious that Konami intentionally did that because they knew what player base they were primarily targeting. And judging by the official age range, it’s clearly intended to be a teen demographic. It’s just common sense. Remember, it’s targeting the same age group as MTG and trying to rival it. Also Konami official OCG tournaments are age restricted. They only allow junior high school students at very least. Also the Yugioh series (except Sevens and Go Rush) is a Shonen series which means, it’s main target demographic are early to late teen boys (12-18). And keep in mind, Weekly Shonen Jump is confirmed by the current chief editor himself Hiroyuki Nakano, to mainly target that said demographic as stated in his interview back in late 2019. And he is still confirming this in multiple interviews. This matters cuz Yugioh was published in that exact magazine and all spin-offs were published in the sister magazine V-Jump. And if you have watched the original Japanese version of the anime or read the original manga, it has swearing, violence and extreme dark moments. And sexual content, though on a teen rated level. But still, something you can’t overlook. So the series was definitely not marketed a kids in Japan. And the OCG wasn’t trying to market to kids at all. Not under the teen range. No offense to you man, I enjoy your videos, but I have researched the OCG deeply for years and the evidence is just way too indisputable. That’s all.

[@LunarWingCloud]

Love learning about the weirdness of the early card from your videos. Great stuff as always!

[@JanjoZone]

Thank you thank you!

[@konata8657]

these videos are incredible. i could watch these all day watching these makes me upset the tcg got shafted so hard in terms of structure decks and releases.

[@JanjoZone]

In someways yes, in other ways we got lucky lol

[@theentity5201]

the card layout from series 3 was used up till the shining darkness and the layout changed 4 times since then up to today

[@JanjoZone]

The general design has remained the same, but yes there has been small updates since

[@vanesslifeygo]

Lol denying the ability the right to surrender is straight from the tv show.

[@aldovalentinmedranoalvarez3644]

I need to see the OCG GOAT FORMAT!!

[@JanjoZone]

On my Patreon right now! Can't miss it!

[@RailfanJunction]

Love the video!! Is the arrangement of the First Round Duel from.the forbidden memories ost from another game? I binged a bunch of your videos on a road trip and have that song stuck in my head now but can't seem to find it anywhere ^^;;

[@JanjoZone]

Thank you! The arrangements of FM tracks were just remastered versions on KZbin!

[@RailfanJunction]

​@@JanjoZoneThanks a bunch!

[@aldovalentinmedranoalvarez3644]

SERIES 4, OCG GOAT!!!

[@ExistentHope]

This was a fun video. Chaos really needed to be banned quicker than it was in the OCG.

[@JanjoZone]

Thanks! Yeah it was wild!

[@YamiVT]

One hour?! You're spoiling us, Janjo!

[@JanjoZone]

It's a rarity lol

[@CharlieZColt]

Would love to see a format based on OCG in February of 2003. Before Chaos and without a banlist

[@mageius]

The thing about the really old series 2 look for cards is it just has better looking cards to some degree. Honestly wish for the digital versions of the game you could just use the really old look.

[@JanjoZone]

It's definitely distinct!

[@mageius]

@JanjoZone Also looking at the old OCG stuff really makes me wish there was a more unified release for the game back then. My how the game would have changed so much.

[@AntiHeroKaiser]

What was the last set/promo card to feature the old template with the atk def points in the box on the right?

[@brudbrud9137]

Great to see another one of these

[@JanjoZone]

Glad to get one out for you all!

[@hi-pwr]

dimesional slash is so hard to replicate in goat, but i just love them ladies though.

[@JanjoZone]

Very cool looking!

[@CragusMaximus]

BLS and CED were too OP! I friggin love them but damn. Too easy to summon! It should have been a MINIMUM of 3 light & dark monsters to remove. 2 is too easy. And only 1000 lp to blow the whole field up? Bargain! Crazy times😂

[@JanjoZone]

A true bargain bin!

[@SROValkyria]

Great stuff! Congrats for the video :)

[@JanjoZone]

Thank you!

[@amamiyaharuto8407]

Hey it's ocg history!

[@JanjoZone]

Hey it's you!

[@4EverBanishment]

Oooh is that the Forbidden Memories music I hear? =O

[@JanjoZone]

Sure is!

[@luisnavarro399]

Great video brother

[@JanjoZone]

Thank you!

[@kbkksh91]

why is benson from regular show telling me about OCG

[@TreFKennedy]

The Japanese commercials are dope as fuck , why didn’t they incorporate them in American promotions??

[@JanjoZone]

Who knows!

[@GoldStorm07]

I used to see the marquee monsters in some old commercials, I think I remembered XYZ Dragon Cannon.

[@b00ts93]

It's crazy to think necrovalley is still super useful

[@JanjoZone]

Fantastic card!

[@eliascsjunior]

Thank you very much! How am I obsessed for a game that has always been this bad? 🥴

[@JanjoZone]

You can't shake Yugioh away!

[@aldovalentinmedranoalvarez3644]

series 4!!!!

[@JanjoZone]

🤫

[@dominicakadragun3103]

Long Live Steiner Math!!!!!

[@JanjoZone]

33 1/3%!

[@darkwyngraym]

❤

[@Mindaugas-vq3vc]

Hey Jesse! Do you have a favorite format from this series?

[@JanjoZone]

Probably Goat

[@Mindaugas-vq3vc]

@@JanjoZone I meant within OCG Series 3. Are there any particularly diverse or balanced ones within this series in your opinion?

[@GoldStorm07]

@@Mindaugas-vq3vc To throw in my 2 cents, I like the format created right after the release of Struggle of Chaos, it essentially has the same options as Worldwide Championship Edition but with the addition of Warrior and Fiend as semi-viable typed decks, and predates stuff like Temple of the Kings, Exchange of the Spirit and ofc Yata from the following set, Mythological Age.

[@Mindaugas-vq3vc]

@@GoldStorm07 I really like this take. We in the TCG don't realize just how lucky we were that we didn't have to deal with Temple of the Kings or Exchange of the Spirit.

[@ArcanaGaming69]

OmGgg it's finally hereee

[@JanjoZone]

It has arrived!

[@anonymouseicecube91]

I liked the Japanese names

[@DaemonRayge]

OCG History, especially the earliest years is definitely an interesting subject. Given the fact there were cards the OCG had for years before they finally got imported to the TCG. Nowadays, it's not that interesting since things are almost entirely going to be identical, with maybe a few differences.

[@JanjoZone]

We still need plenty more imported!